ponoplayer

The portable music player is alive and well. Pono Music’s PonoPlayer just crossed the $5 million milestone on Kickstarter, making it the fourth most funded project in the site’s history. Twelve thousand backers have pledged enough to pre-order the device. And there is still 16 days to go on its campaign. Read More

Neil Young – yes, that Neil Young – has a $400 portable music player he would like to sell you. Called the PonoPlayer, it’s essentially an MP3 player for the audiophile. But it doesn’t use MP3 files at all. Instead, the PonoPlayer supports FLAC audio files that contain significantly more data than their MP3 counterparts, resulting in a dramatically higher quality sound… Read More